5 apps you need to uninstall from Android right now

Facebook and other social networks

The social network Facebook is the most popular in the world today, so it is not surprising that a huge number of users have installed the corresponding mobile application. The mobile client allows you to receive notifications of new likes, post pictures of your food and always stay in touch with your friends. However, in return, this application consumes a huge amount of system resources and significantly reduces the battery life of the mobile gadget. According to the annual App Report 2015 AVG Android App Report, it is the Facebook mobile client that takes the top lines in the charts of the most voracious programs on the Android platform.

Alternative. Use the mobile version of Facebook in any modern browser. The functionality is not much different, but there are no annoying notifications and a rapidly melting battery.

The Weather Channel and other weather apps

The Weather Channel is a great example of how developers manage to build a whole mega-combine on the simplest function - displaying the weather forecast. Here you will see animated wallpapers, weather maps, a bunch of interactive widgets, and God knows what else. All this economy sits in the device's RAM, knocks on the Internet every five minutes and, of course, eats up your battery power in the most shameless way.

Alternative. Look out the window - you get much more reliable information than what the desktop widget shows. If a forecast is needed, then Google will provide you with the most reliable forecast for the week ahead.

AntiVirus FREE and other antivirus programs

The debate about whether antivirus software is needed on Android devices is sometimes quite hot. I am of the opinion that if you do not get root-rights on the device and do not install hacked programs from third-party dubious sources, then you do not need an antivirus. Google vigilantly monitors the content of its store and instantly removes all potentially dangerous elements from it, so the always active monitoring of the antivirus will only slow down your smartphone or tablet in vain.

Alternative. If you still have doubts about the health of the gadget, then install an antivirus, scan, and then remove it.

Clean Master and other system optimizers

Belief in miracles is the most important driving force behind the proliferation of various "cleaners" and "optimizers". Like, hundreds of the best Google programmers could not bring their system to mind, but this lone inventor took it and did it! We hasten to upset you: most of these applications either do nothing at all, or only harm. You can also clear the cache, remove the remnants of old programs with the built-in system tools. Clearing the memory actually only slows down the launch of programs and the operation of Android instead of the system acceleration promised by the creators of the utilities.

Alternative. Use the tools available in Android to clear the app cache. Forget memory optimization.

Default browser

Some manufacturers and developers of third-party firmware provide their creations with special versions of the browser. As a rule, links to advertisers' websites and other content you do not need are tightly sewn into them. In addition, no one can guarantee that such a browser does not merge your information to the left. It is better to never use such a program and generally, if possible, remove it from the system.

Alternative. There are dozens of good browsers for Android, but Google Chrome is undoubtedly the most reliable and fastest. It is functional, has support for the most modern web technologies, knows how to save mobile traffic and has a simple and intuitive interface.

Which apps do you think are the most harmful on the Android platform?